Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number : 2946H

Merchants Trust PLC

09 March 2018

 

The Merchants Trust PLC

LEI: 5299008VJFXCUD2EG312

As recommended by the AIC, net asset values are calculated on both a capital and a cum-income basis.

The Merchants Trust PLC announces that at close of business on 08 March 2018:

1)   based on the par value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the capital net asset value per ordinary share was 509.41p.

2)   based on the market value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the capital net asset value per ordinary share was 488.95p.

3)   based on the par value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the cum-income net asset value per ordinary share was 520.08p.

4)   based on the market value of the company's long term debt and preference shares, the cum-income net asset value per ordinary share was 499.63p.

In the valuation of the company's long term debt at market value, the margin added to the yield of the relevant reference gilt is derived from the spread of A UK corporate bond yields over gilt yields, with the exception that the Loan Notes issued on 18 December 2017 are valued at the yield over the reference gilt at which they were issued.

Enquiries:

Kirsten Salt

Tel: [phone]

09 March 2018

 

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